HC Deb 24 April 1980 vol 983 cc216-7W
Mr. Canavan

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) whether he will list, by volume in millions of proof gallons and by value in £ sterling for each of the calendar years 1978 and 1979, the total exports of bottled Scotch whisky, the total exports of bulk malt Scotch whisky and the total exports of bulk blended Scotch whisky to each of the following countries: the United States of America, Australia, West Germany, France, New Zealand, Belgium, Luxembourg, Japan, Spain, Argentina, Brazil and South Africa;

(2) whether he will list by volume in millions of proof gallons and value in £ sterling for each of the calendar years 1978 and 1979, the total exports of bottled Scotch whisky, the total exports of bulk malt Scotch whisky and the total exports of bulk blended Scotch whisky; and if he will express these figures as a percentage of total exports of Scotch whisky.

Mr. Parkinson

[pursuant to his reply, 15 April 1980, c. 573]: The information for Scotch and Northern Irish whisky (which are not separately identified in the Overseas Trade Statistics) is as follows:

B)
£ million fob
Bottled Bulk blended Bulk malt
1978 1979 1978 1979 1978 1979
United Staffs of America 164.2 162.0 30.1 30.1
France 37.3 45.5 1.9 2.9 0.1
Japan 31.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 18.2 22.9
Belgium-Luxembourg 21.6 21.1 0.6 0.9 0.1
Federal Republic of Germany 19.7 24.3 2.2 2.5 0.2 0.2
South Africa 11.5 13.6 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.2
Spain 10.6 9.1 2.8 2.4
Argentina 2.1 3.2 2.6 2.4
Australia 3.2 2.8 12.4 8.1
Brazil 3.5 2.6 0.4 0.2 1.2 1.1
New Zealand 0.7 1.0 2.2 2.7
† Less than £50,000 fob.